Should I start Kendrick Bourne or C.J. Stroud in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kendrick Bourne, and the board ranks him 66th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on C.J. Stroud, and the board ranks him 67th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 30.

The market-based projections

Kendrick Bourne's market-based projection is 8.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 8 market sources. That is the 83rd highest figure of the 202 players with a market-based projection.

The market has C.J. Stroud at 18.6 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 4 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

C.J. Stroud's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Kendrick Bourne has been on the field for 58 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 14 of the offence's 63 third down targets, had 1 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 40 two minute targets.

His 30 targets have averaged 5.3 air yards.

In Week 4 against NYG he was not given the ball.

In Week 5 against DET he caught 5 of 8 targets for 70 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against LAR he caught 5 of 8 targets for 47 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, C.J. Stroud has been on the field for 100 percent of HOU snaps, dropped back 237 times and thrown 9.5 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 31 of 237 dropbacks and scrambled 8 times.

In Week 4 against DAL he completed 21 of 29 passes for 347 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 12 yards.

In Week 5 against TEN he completed 26 of 34 passes for 261 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 4 times for 7 yards.

In Week 6 against JAX he completed 24 of 34 passes for 312 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 5 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Kendrick Bourne played 16 games and scored 92.1 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing WR68.

He caught 37 of 53 targets for 551 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 2 red zone targets.

That came to 3.3 targets a game, a 70 percent catch rate and 14.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 57 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 C.J. Stroud played 14 games and scored 216.5 PPR points, 15.5 a game, finishing QB21.

He threw for 3041 yards on 423 attempts with 19 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 209 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 30.2 attempts a game at 7.2 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 93 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Kendrick Bourne was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 C.J. Stroud scored 15.5 PPR points a game and Kendrick Bourne 5.8, 9.7 a game between them.

Kendrick Bourne finished WR68 and C.J. Stroud QB21, which are two different ladders.

Kendrick Bourne is a wide receiver and C.J. Stroud a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Kendrick Bourne is off in Week 14 and C.J. Stroud in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

C.J. Stroud has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.